Police say woman resisted, injured officer

Published
12:00 am CDT, Tuesday, September 2, 2014

EDWARDSVILLE — An Edwardsville woman is charged in Madison County Circuit Court with the felony charge of resisting a peace officer.

According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday at approximately 4:50 p.m., Alishia Johnson was transported to the Madison County Jail by the Edwardsville Police Department. Johnson was arrested earlier in the day by the Edwardsville Police Department on a charge of disorderly conduct. Johnson was to be housed in the Madison County Jail pending the posting of bond on the original disorderly conduct charge.

Madison County Jail Deputies assisted the Edwardsville officer in escorting Johnson into the jail. Johnson resisted the deputy’s efforts and began kicking at them. Police say Johnson attempted to pull away from the jail deputies. While struggling with Johnson one of the assisting deputies injured his arm. The deputy’s arm was caught in between Johnson and the handcuffs as Johnson was resisting the deputy’s efforts. The deputy was not seriously injured during the struggle but did sustain bruising to his forearm as a result of the events. Johnson physically resisted the deputies from the moment she was removed from the squad car to the point in which she was placed in a holding cell, authorities allege.

Johnson was held pending a formal review of facts by the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office. The felony warrant and information was issued by Judge Richard Tognarelli, who set Johnson’s bond at $20,000.